River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-04-07
Temperance.
CONDUCTED BY THE. VIC. II. U.
For God and Home and Natire Land.
Mrs. I. Daniels signed our constitu-

For God and Home and NdtiUe Land
Mrs. I. Daniels signed our constitu-
ton and became one of us at recent
meeting. A warm welcome is always
ready to all who will come.
The wine rooms of Atlanta are in
the clutches of the law. The people
are determined that the prohibitOry
law shall be enforced. The ministry
of the city have become aroused
and among other interested wOr-
kers is John b. Finch. At the
close of one of his addresses at the OPP
era House the following resolution was
presented by j. w. Lee, and adopted
by a rising vote:
Whereas, The question as TO whether
prohibition is failure or a success is
now on trial in the city Of Atlanta and
the county of Fulton; and
Whereas, All fair men must cOncede
that the Importance Of the question
and of the issues at stake, imperatively
demand that the trial shall be a fair
one, and that no false conclusions as
to the result of false premises, shall be
promulgated to the world as to the re-
suit of this trial;
Resolved. BY this meeting of the
citizens of this community here assem-
bled, that we earnestly recommend TO
those who are IN authority, that they
adopt such measures as will prevent
the issuing Of further licenses for wine
rooms in our midst, and as will close
the doors of those which are now
open, if it can be legally and fairly
done. Much of the success of prOhi-
bition is due to our Christian judges
who have at every step decided in its
favor, and to Chief Of Police Connolly
who is as brave as lion and as tender
as a woman Missouri III. Stokes,
Mail and Express, New York.
Resubmission in Rhode Island has
been defeated. From the "OutIook, :"
a paper edited by the president of the
state w. G. I. U. of Rhode Island,
Mrs. Burlingame, we copy opinions of
leading workers from the different
towns and cities on the question
whether prohibition is mot wanted. 4"
These opinions were given at a recent
State convention held at Providence,
and the Outlook sent to superintend-
ent of the press departments in all
our local Unions that the world may
know the truth of the matter, and not
rely wholly on the news from The Pr
Oneer Press. Three questions were
given the people to be answered.: lis
liquor sold as openly as before in our
state! Is there as much liquor drank!
How does the enforcement of prOhi-
bition compare with the enforcement
of licensel" Rev. Mr.. Woodwork, of
East Providence, says: ''In answer to
first question, is as much liquor sold
openly as under license, | say most
emphatically no. There is not as much
drank or sold as under license. How
does prohibition compare with licensed
Favorably. We take practical posi-
tion for the enforcement of the amend
ment. We are getting ready, quietly,
and we mean to have rigid enforce.
ment of the law"
Rev. M. Eastman, of Warwick: 1--WE
mean business. We think we have
reason to thank God and take courage.
There is not as much liquor drank.
The law is as well enforced as any"
Several others from Providence tes-
titled to the same. Mrs. Burlingame
says, II believe we may consider the
question settled and report to the
world that open liquor selling has been
driven from the state
Rev. j. Phillips spoke for Pawtuck-
ct: 81 am sure that | can say that
this business, so far as L have OBJ
served. has been kept in pretty close
quarters. | feel quite sure that there
are places in Pawtucket where liquor
is sold, bu5 1T is very secretly done. !
feel encouraged with the work that is
going on there"
Rev. Mr.. Lyon, of Central Falls, says:
There is every encouragement for us
to go on, though we shall never destroy
the evidence of strong drink and the
saloon, until we get the senior partner
out of the business.
Rev. Mr.. Smith, of Riverside, says:
1--WE want that kind of men who are
not afraid to enforce the law. We
hear from sources every day that pro-
hibition is failure. We hear it from
men whose faces indicate that they
know what glass of liquor is. We
hear it from liquor seller and those not
in favor of total abstinence, but we
hear everywhere that Intoxicating
drinks are not obtained as easily
as they were year ago."
These are only few of many who
spoke at length on the question. If
our space would permit we could give
strong eridence for the law in Rhode
Island.
A correspondent to the Outlook asks:
do you think $40, 900, 900 will prevail
against the manhood and wOmanhOOd
of our stated" No, thanks to gen.
eral assembly that dares to stand by
the people.
So much for Rhode Island, and soon
our eyes will be turned TO the work in
Michigan. 1t is query in our minds
ichy it is such hard matter to let the
people say whether they want prohibit
ton or not! Won't some one please
tell us, phy7